The Athletic's Sam Vecenie joins the podcast to discuss the Dallas Mavericks mess, the big men populating the top of this draft, and which perimeter players we can believe in becoming stars.
Episode breakdown: 0:00 -- Introductions and other podcast listening 4:45 -- The Sports Illustrated Dallas Mavericks story 18:45 -- The top 7 to 7.5 in this upcoming draft 20:00 -- Trae Young at the NBA level 32:30 -- Hierarchy of where you'd draft Trae Young 35:45 -- Marvin Bagley III not being a dinosaur 43:45 -- Ranking the top 4 big men in the draft 45:00 -- Deandre Ayton at the NBA level 46:45 -- Jaren Jackson as an NBA player/shooter 52:15 -- Mohamed Bamba's curious case 55:40 -- Waiting on Michael Porter Jr's medical records 58:35 -- How do we trust Luka Doncic? 1:06:00 -- Potential first-round sleeper and outrosPodchaser is the ultimate destination for podcast data, search, and discovery. Learn More